Thornton's appeal hearing was at 9 a.m. yesterday morning. Thornton, his agent and a representative from the NHLPA along with Bettman were in attendance. Thornton's party gave their thoughts on the suspension and why it shouldn't have been as high as it was.

Bettman will take the weekend to consider the arguments presented and is expected to announce his decision on Monday. I'm hoping for a reduction in the suspension to 10 games, because as I said in my original update on the appeal, 15 games for a guy who has never been suspended in his career is excessive to say the least.